leadership transition
Changing of command
Leadership transition is the process of transferring authority and responsibility from one leader to another within an organization, government, or institution.
The term encompasses both the formal handover of power and the period of adjustment that follows: The company struggled during the leadership transition.
Transitions may be planned (retirement, term limits) or abrupt (resignation, death), with smoother outcomes typically following deliberate succession planning.
- heir apparentUnassailable next in line
- next in linePositioned to succeed immediately
- changeTo make different
- officeProfessional work location
- succession planningPreparing for leadership transitions
passing the torch · changing of the guard · shift · continuity · inheritance · restructuring · onboarding · new blood · fresh start · mentorship · lame duck · departure · trust-building · corner office · stakeholder engagement · retirement planning · change management · contingency planning
- Inaugurationoath of office, inaugural address, swearing-in, swearing in, presidential oath
- family businessfamily business, family enterprise, family ownership, succession plan, succession planning
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
- mergersmerger, acquisition, buyout, takeover, friendly merger
- provisional governmentsprovisional government, interim government, caretaker government, interim president, acting president
leadership transitionpower consolidation
Concentrating authority in one place
dynastic succession · dynasty · entrenchment · status quo · stagnation
leadership transitioncoup
Abrupt seizure of power
coup d'état · violent overthrow · putsch · insurrection · palace coup
leadership transitionsuccession crisis
Contested leadership transfer
leadership vacuum · power vacuum · interregnum · disputed succession · leaderlessness